Though most the market for building code education is in code professionals, I believe that residential code education is very important for everyone. So... why not use the most mainstream (and amazing) video game to help share the message of life safety to everyone. I hope you enjoy this video my son and I made to share the message of the importance of basement escape and rescue openings. (better with sound, but not necessary)
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Minecraft Code Education
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TheCommish
Registered User
a lot of time seems to have gone into this, good you or your helpers
ICE
Oh Well
That was a welcome diversion while trapped at home. But the deck over the hole.....I don’t think that I would allow that.
jar546
Forum Coordinator
This was an amazing video. Ingenuity like this will go a long way. Not only is this good for the building officials to learn and be refreshed from but it also educates the public and those younger kids likely to fall asleep in a basement playing video games. I can see kids questioning their parents and showing them this video. Bravissimo!
It's an open source game, meaning they allow you to have the source code for the game itself and modify it. People make and distribute "mods" to the game programing itself. There are millions of Minecraft videos, though I don't find any quite like this. If I'm in the wrong, I'm guessing I'd just have to take it down.
Thanks. The game is amazing, and simple to build stuff. I've build some cool custom homes in it that may not be quite the quality of sketchup, but way more fun and easier to build. We spent a day on this project, but it was a day with my son, not work.
Thanks! This is the hope. Perhaps a game as familiar as this will have people watch and learn. (Second most distributed game ever. Tetris is #1)
ICE
Oh Well
R310.2.4 Emergency escape and rescue openings under decks and porches. Emergency escape and rescue openings installed under decks and porches shall be fully openable and provide a path not less than 36 inches (914 mm) in height to a yard or court.
Just a guess but is the distance to the yard or court also 36"? If not is 36' too far? I wonder what the reaction would be if the fire dept. didn't find it and a digital being burned?
For what it's worth, I"ve seen three window wells in my time as an inspector. I remember that there were three because they were all on the same property....three houses....and they were all done wrong. I had one coming up that had a spiral staircase but I traded areas with another inspector. That house has a cantilevered swimming pool proposed. A foreign national is building it for his son to use while he attends college here in the USA.
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fatboy
Administrator
Love it Glenn, and our code change regarding EERO's under decks, I believe you threw in the width requirement of 36", which you did not point out in the video...........no probs.
I spoke in favor for the width, but I think it was Matt that proposed it. I think that perhaps ICE has some reasonable thoughts about a length limit. An attic or underfloor 30-inch tall path to a furnace is limited to 20 feet and that's really for convenience, not life safety. So... if those have a length limit, perhaps so should this.
fatboy
Administrator
No, I had the original proposal which spoke to height, you came in with a "friendly floor modification" for the width. Matt had a totally separate proposal that got shot down.
Everything I do is "friendly"! ha, ha! Those hearings are such a whirlwind that my memory just gets blown all over the place...